Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ode to Holey Jeans

Oh, jeans torn at the knee
you lasted two, maybe three
months tops because you could not
withstand your poor knee top
sliding across carpet, gravel, and whatnot.

Patches I purchased to cover
places on dungarees torn asunder,
whose directions did not make clear
why I must place newspaper here
between the leg in order not
to bind the patch with hot
iron - like glue, impossible to pull
apart from the opposite leg once cooled.

So I look to thee, oh Toughskin pants
branded by Sears back in the days of disco
when my brothers wore many a pair
made of material of such stealth and flair--
jeans here, leisure suits there--
in every shade between blue and hair.
I'll go tomorrow and buy a pair.
So there.

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